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Antimicrobial activity of organic acids against some common food spoilage and p...

Background: In recent years, the food industry is challenged to produce high-quality products using natural preservative alternatives instead of synthetic ones, owing to the increasing consumer demand for clean-label food products. Organic acids have potential as an alternative due to their antimicrobial activity and high food safety (GRAS). Therefore, the objective of this work was to investigate the antimicro...

Advice for the update of the EU Menu guidance: results of the ERA EU Menu project

Bisphenol A and cardiometabolic risk in adolescents: Data from the Generation X...

Background and aims: Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor widely used in food contact materials, has been linked to a worse health pro file. This study intends to estimate the association between BPA exposure and cardiometabolic patterns at adolescence. Methods and results: Data from the Portuguese population -based birth cohort Generation XXI at the age of 13 were used (n = 2386 providing 3 -day food diar...

Eating out of home in Portugal: characterization and effects on dietary intake

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This cross-sectional study aims to describe and compare energy, nutrient intake, and food consumption according to eating location and by age groups using data from the National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (IAN-AF 2015/2016). Dietary intake was estimated by two non-consecutive days of food diaries (children)/24-hour recalls (other age groups) and four e...

Dietary inflammatory potential: a comprehensive approach to the inclusion of fl...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) has been widely used to estimate dietary inflammation. However, most studies do not consider the six classes of flavonoids (6F) included in the original DII. This study aimed to develop two new tools, the Complete-DIP (CDIP) and Short-DIP (SDIP), to estimate the Energy-adjusted Dietary Inflammatory Potential (DIP) in adults while exp...

Factors associated with the consumption of voluntarily fortified foods with mic...

This study aimed to identify the sociodemographic and health-related factors associated with the consumption of voluntarily fortified foods with micronutrients (Mn-FF) by the Portuguese population, using data from the National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (IAN-AF 2015-2016). Food consumption, sociodemographic and other health-related factors, and physical activity data were computerised using th...

Role of genetic polymorphisms on neuroplasticity pathways in a cohort of Portug...

Growing evidence suggests the implication of brain plasticity in antidepressant drug (AD) efficacy. Several authors have been pointing out the role of the BDNF-TrkB signaling pathway, including the downstream kinases Akt and ERK, and the mTOR pathway in neuroplasticity [1-3]. Furthermore, the prediction of AD response phenotypes of depressed patients treated with AD drugs remains a challenge for clinicians. Alt...

Impacto ambiental da alimentação dos portugueses - Descrição e desafios metodol...

Food Preparation Patterns and Diet Quality in the Portuguese population

Financialisation and the slowdown of labour productivity in Portugal: A post-ke...

This paper conducts a time series econometric analysis in order to empirically evaluate the role of financialisation in the slowdown of labour productivity in Portugal during the period from 1980 to 2017. During that time, the Portuguese economy faced a financialisation phenomenon due to the European integration process and the corresponding imposition of a strong wave of privatisation, liberalisation and dereg...